Editorial: Sunshine Week is reminder that government openness is crucial to our freedoms

11:18 AM,
Mar. 16, 2014

The Nevada State Legislative Building and Capitol.

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The Opinion of the RGJ Editorial Board

When the Nevada Public Employee Retirement System delayed releasing benefit information despite an order from the state Supreme Court that the data was public, it was in good company.

Public officials talk a good game when it comes to transparency and accountability ... as long as it doesn't pertain to them. Then there's always a reason why their agencies are different, why they deserve - need - an exemption, why public information should be kept private.